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Ex-Minister Charged with Graft Singles Out Nigeria's Yahoo Boys

Diezani Alison-Madueke has said that Internet scammers, widely referred to as Yahoo boys in Nigeria, have become role models in the country due to lower moral values. Diezani said this while delivering a lecture at a virtual event which was also attended by her former boss, ex-president Goodluck Jonathan. The former minister is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged fraud running into billions of dollars has been living in the UK since 2015.

Nigeria: Diezani, Wanted for Massive Corruption, Laments Decay in Societal Values

Premium Times, 10 August 2020

A former Nigerian minister who is wanted for multiple counts of corruption and embezzlement has lamented the decay in societal values among Nigerians and the glorification of… Read more »

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Diezani Alison-Madueke at the Ending Energy Poverty Session at the World Economic Forum on Africa held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (file photo).

Nigeria: 'Hushmummy' - Nigerians React to Diezani's 'Yahoo Boys Role Model' Comment

Vanguard, 10 August 2020

The Former Petroleum Minister, Dieziani Alison-Madueke, in a virtual presentation, where she spoke on fatherhood and making a case for Ijaw women's voice to be heard, described… Read more »
Nigeria: 'Yahoo' Boys Have Become Role Models, Diezani Laments

This Day, 10 August 2020

A former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has said that the societal values have disintegrated to the extent that online fraudsters otherwise known as… Read more »